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Re: st: Execute a unix command within stata
From
Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Execute a unix command within stata
Date
Fri, 10 May 2013 15:22:02 -0400
Yes Brian, see help for Stata's command shell.
For example
shell notepad.exe
starts a notepad on a Windows machine.
You may also examine c(os) variable to make sure your program is
running on the proper platform.
Best, Sergiy
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Brian Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is it possible to execute a unix command within stata? I often flip between stata and sas depending on the project and it would be helpful to be able to execute a sas file from stata. Usually I'm running stata in batch mode on unix so I'd like to be able to execute a unix command within a do file. For example when I'm using sas, I can use the command below to execute a stata do file
>
> x 'stata -b do statacommands.do'
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> Is there an analogous command in stata that would let me run a unix command in the middle of a do file?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
> Brian Wolfe
> Indiana University
> Kelley School of Business
> PhD student - Finance
> http://ssrn.com/author=1472451
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